Discover Lassen Volcanic National Park - California’s Active Volcano
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- čas přidán 28. 05. 2024
- Learn about the history and geology of California’s most active volcano!
See all four different kinds of volcanoes in action!
Explore Bumpass Hell - California’s miniature Yellowstone!
In this episode, we’re exploring Mount Lassen Volcanic National Park in search of six vintage View Master locations. Join me as we delve into the park's rich history, from the dramatic eruptions that shaped the landscape to the people who documented these events. We’ll uncover the secrets of a century-old seismograph that revolutionized our understanding of California's volcanic activity.
Before this trip, I had never heard of Mount Lassen or its National Park. Despite having the reel in my collection, it had slipped my mind. But since we were in Northern California, I decided to check it out. I knew about the Cascade Mountain range's active volcanoes, like Mt. St. Helens, but I had no idea that Lassen Peak had erupted just a few decades earlier. As we explore, you'll see that Lassen Park is one of the few places in the US where you can find all types of volcanoes in one location.
We started our adventure at Manzanita Lake, right inside the park. After a refreshing stop, we discovered a small building housing a hundred-year-old seismograph. This marked the beginning of our journey into the park's volcanic history. We learned about the significant 1914 eruption, documented by local business owner and photographer Benjamin Franklin Loomis. From the devastating mudslides to the captivating geothermal features at Bumpass Hell, each stop unveiled a new layer of Lassen's geological wonders. Join us as we traverse this incredible landscape, from the park's highest peaks to its ancient geothermal vents. Thanks for watching, and let’s get started!
Video credit:
Mount Lassen 1915 - @shastahistoricalsociety906
• Mt Lassen 1915
Image credits:
Most historic images were from National Park Service digital archive.
Mount St. Helens picture credit: Kelly Michals
Proper angle of Mt. Lassen from Manzanita lake: DimiTalen
Sound effect credits:
Volcano explosion with lava flowing into water: freesound.org/s/675731/
Volcano on Mount Yasur, Tanna Island: freesound.org/s/661147/
Volcano explosion with debris and lava: freesound.org/s/675739/
Volcano and lava flow: freesound.org/s/675730/
Thunderstorm outside with rain: freesound.org/s/260069/
Boulders fall down a mountain and crash:
freesound.org/s/675733/
Cultus lake evening chorus: freesound.org/s/200163/
Kampina forest in spring: freesound.org/s/464551/
Quiet mountain lake: freesound.org/s/658166/
Wind blowing into some cactus spine on the top of a mountain:
freesound.org/s/156414/
Boiling geothermal mud: freesound.org/s/260101/
Yellowstone boiling mud: freesound.org/s/184832/
Cars passing: freesound.org/s/39012/
An excellent vid. Great combination of photos, facts, people, and technical info, narrated well. Thanks!
Great info, thanks.
Great video. You do a good job of combining the pictures with history and telling a story.
Thanks.
Thanks for watching 😊
Informative and educational once again, thanks Dave.
Thanks for watching!
Great video.
Great stuff. Possibly the most difficult episode in terms of matching photos from a relatively short time period after the last major eruption, to the present. The present pic with the forest regrown shows how the landscape can change in a short geological timeframe. Some of your pics have strong similarity to the landscape you can see in Yellowstone National Park my favorite place in the world. But in Yellowstone the last major eruption was so very long ago, that the relative change in the general landscape has not varied nearly as much from early views to the present day. Do not get me wrong, there are in fact many changes from year to year in Yellowstone, but we don't have drawings and photos from before eruption to compare to post eruption, and ever ongoing change. You did yeoman work on this episode. Thanks to your careful and accurate research and marvelous commentary, you have created a great learning opportunity, even for an older guy like me.
Thanks! Yellowstone is definitely on my list of future places to visit and do an episode on!
Perfect presentation. You couldn't do better if you tried to. I like your shares because I always learn lots of things, and you neither waste words or annoy as a distraction. You always gain my honest attention. Not all creators can do that. You give without trying to take. "Maine" says "hello" again.
Thanks for the feedback! Very kind of you and glad you enjoyed it.
Hey Dave, Have you thought about visiting the Azores islands? They are islands formed from very active volcanoes off the coast of Portugal.
I hadn’t, sounds like it would be a fun trip 😊